In this session we will delve deeply into some embodied non-solutions to the problem of global risk management. What are global risk management practices and how do they relate to our nervous systems? Engage in an athletic and de-armoring session of Reichian somatics, full-corpus spasms, and galactic tingles. Wear comfortable clothes (no zippers or synthetic materials). Come prepared to move, breathe intensely, yell, and freak out a little. Dance party to follow!

Some issues we might hit on, either discursively or somatically:The fear of life and the network of political unrest insuranceThe miracle-terror of the vagus nerveThe level of co2 in the bloodstreamThe 18th century grain tradeforming an internal intentional community of alkalinoidsDecalcinating and repotassiumizing the nervile chemoductsBlue sky in mindLloyd’s of LondonWho am I and why am I so anxiousThe circulation of financial derivativesFoucault’s critique of the repressive hypothesisTremoring polar bears.

Christian Nagler is an artist and writer based in Oakland, California. He works at the intersection of bodily movement and geo-financial systems. Recent projects include Market Fitness and Yoga for Adjuncts, which pursue economic critique through kinesthetic, participatory performances. Currently, he is doing graduate research on issues of performance in economic discourse and completing his first novel, The Capitalist.

Joshua Kit Clayton is a musician, artist, and deejay based in San Francisco. He has been releasing and deejaying music in the space that spans and surrounds techno, house, dub, and noise for over 15 years, with recordings on a variety of labels including Orthlorng Musork, Cytrax, ~Scape, DropBeat, Soul Jazz, Context, Parallel, Mille Plateaux, Vertical Form, Background, Nummer, Musique Risquée, and Car Park.

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